First I recorded drums with cheap Shure micks.
Then I started to watch recording tips on youtube, eq, reverb, gate, compressor.... and it start sound worse, and worse and worse... Cooked Egg
And then I delete everything, and started from the beginning...
JUST EQ, pan and volym. Then I find a prety good sound. But I would like to have a little more punch.
I hade a same idea, it could have to do with heads- I use evans G2 coated on toms, and evans clear as reso. I tune over and underhead same ( som likes a little higher tune on reso head), but I find drums sound "prerfect" when heads tuned rhe same- ( and its amazing easy with this drums.Yes Sir ).
I was before made a very simple test recording on my old Slingerland, (when I was stuggeling with my Cubase LE first day I got presonus sound card), with Pinsripe, and there was much more attack and punch. No compressor or such things...I know that it sound horrible, playing and everything, but now I get it better. Could be that they have clear pinsripe......
http://groovesuperfly.webs.com/sounds.htm
But I will try to uppload soundclip I am talking about, hold on...
And, yes, I have been reading that you have to mick properly from the bigining...( **** in- **** out), but I just put mics over drums, adjuste level on soundcard, without listening after any "sweet spots" or such things...